उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥
utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana |narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma ||
- उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणाम् · utsannakuladharmāṇām
- of those whose family duties are destroyed
- मनुष्याणाम् · manuṣyāṇām
- of men, of people
- जनार्दन · janārdana
- O Janardana (Krishna)
- नरके · narake
- in hell
- नियतम् · niyatam
- certainly, assuredly
- वासः · vāsaḥ
- dwelling, abode
- भवति · bhavati
- becomes, is
- इति · iti
- thus, so
- अनुशुश्रुम · anuśuśruma
- we have heard (from tradition)
“We have heard it said, O Janardana, that those whose family duties are destroyed must dwell assuredly in hell.”
— Original plain-language translation
'We have heard' — Arjuna appeals to received tradition as his final authority. The plea is moving and sincere; the Gita's whole project is to show him a hearing deeper than hearsay: direct knowledge of the self.
— Reader's notes (original)